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Oven Roasted Tomato Gravy

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course main, Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 6 large tomatoes halved or quartered (600 grams)
  • 2 medium onions peeled and quartered (150 grams)
  • 2 tsp sunflower oil
  • 1/2 salt
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp chopped ginger
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp crushed kasoori methi
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder kashmiri
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt

for the smoking

  • 1 piece charcoal
  • 1 tsp ghee
  • 1 tsp ghee

Instructions
 

  • Take a 9” square baking pan. Place the tomatoes and onions in a single layer. Top with oil and salt. Preheat the oven at 200°C. Bake the tray with tomatoes for 45 minutes or so, until you see a few charred spots and the tomatoes have softened.
  • Once cool enough to handle, peel off the skins and place the roasted tomatoes and onions in a blender. Make sure you use the oils and tomato juices if any from the baking pan, because this is where a lot of flavour is. Blend to a fine puree and keep aside.
  • In a small mixer jar, blend the garlic and ginger to a fine paste.
  • In a large pan, heat the ghee. Fry the bay leaves and cumin seeds. Once the seeds splutter, add the prepared onion-ginger-garlic paste and fry for 6-7 minutes.
  • To this add the tomato-onion puree, spice powders, kasuri methi, sugar and salt. Mix well, cover with a lid and allow to simmer for 7-8 minutes. The cover or lid ensures that there is no spluttering of this gravy.
  • To this gravy, add any of the given ingredients such as paneer, boiled peas, boiled cubed potatoes, hard boiled eggs etc.
  • Heat the piece of charcoal on an open flame until red hot. Place this in a steel cup or bowl. Top with ghee. Place this cup in the centre of the pan with gravy, ensuring that it is not toppling into the gravy. Immediately cover with a tight fitting lid so that the smoke stays inside the pan for a good 20-30 minutes.